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Zambia Research Education Networks (ZAMREN) is a National Research Network (NREN) in Zambia, established on 19th September, 2007, which has its network along the line of rail, that is, from Livingstone town to Chililabombwe town, and it connects to rest of the world through 2 fibre channels at 1Gbps.The use of high performance computing (HPC) services or data intensive applications such as video conferencing is desirable and a quicker means of fostering e-learning over the...

The Impostor Phenomenon (IP) is marked by an individual’s persistent perception of incompetency despite contrary evidence. The presence of IP has been found to negatively affect many college students, but literature on IP among African American college students, specifically, is limited. Previous literature has emphasized a positive association between racial identity and self-esteem for African Americans, and an inverse association between self-esteem and IP among non-African American...

Zambia Research Education Networks (ZAMREN) is a National Research Network (NREN) in Zambia, established on 19th September, 2007, which has its network along the line of rail, that is, from Livingstone town to Chililabombwe town, and it connects to rest of the world through 2 fibre channels at 1Gbps.The use of high performance computing (HPC) services or data intensive applications such as video conferencing is desirable and a quicker means of fostering e-learning over the...

In every organization, either public or private the need to train employees for skill development productivity enhancement and improved quality of work is crucial to the attainment of organizational goals and objectives.And such objectives becomes possible when workers are regularly trained and satisfied with their job.In-service training helps with not only the adaption but also being accustomed to the work for maximum job satisfaction.The new wave of democratic governance in Africa is...

The purpose of this paper was to examine the development of pharmacy education in Kenya since independence.Websites of the Pharmacy and Poison Board of Kenya and the Commission for University Education as well as those of the universities offering pharmacy education were used to obtain information such as the framework for establishment of programmes in higher institutions, curriculum, regulation of pharmacy practice among others.From a single institution in the 1970s, six universities that...

Climate change is among the key challenges that may influence livelihoods of people in Tanzania. Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) are among the forest products that serve as livelihood resources in the face of climate stresses. However, little is known on the extent to which NTFPs enhance the adaptive capacity of households adjacent to forests in the context of climate stresses. Based on fieldwork in Kilombero District, we investigated how households adjacent to forests use NTFPs as...

A study on the relationships between the physicochemical parameters and of the macroinvertebrates of the Lake Nokoué was carried out for the purpose of developing a biotic index of pollution.A total of 96 stations were prospected twice during the flooding and the dry seasons from September 2004 to February 2006.At each station, seven physicochemical parameters were measured and macroinvertebrates were collected.Canonical analyses of correspondence were used to show the relations between the...

Early intervention through hearing screening can reduce the negative impact of hearing loss for children. Optimal outcomes are achieved when an appropriate screening protocol is selected, a pathway for follow up care is established, and when a hearing conservation component is included. This study aimed to describe the outcomes of a hearing screening service provided to grade one learners in urban areas at Durban. A cross-sectional design was employed. Learners (n=241) were conveniently...

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between Delegation of Authority and Staff Commitment in the School of Finance and Banking in Kigali Rwanda. A cross-sectional survey design was used with the target sample size of 97 out of 130 parent population. The total number of questionnaires that were filled and returned was 78, giving a high response rate of 80.5 percent. Due to the heterogeneous nature of the population, the researchers used stratified sampling and random...

We used a four-day program with a pre-test–post-test approach on 355 selected school children to investigate the influence of a wildlife education project on the acquisition of knowledge about large carnivores in Loliondo, Tanzania. After the school program was completed, a significantly higher number of school children correctly identified six carnivore species, compared to when the same identification task was administered prior to the initiation of the school program. This increased...

This study focused on investigating the ergonomics and ergonomic considerations of learning environments of higher education institutions (HEIs) in Nigeria. It adopted a descriptive survey design. Population of study comprised all the three universities in Rivers State and a total of 136 lecturers, 230 students and 6 staff of works departments constituted the sample. Four research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. Data was collected using a researcher-constructed questionnaire...

Introduction Age at menarche reflects the health status of a population. This marks the beginning of sexual maturation and is affected by nutritional status and prevailing environmental conditions. This study measured the menarcheal age of female undergraduate students in northern Ghana and explored factors that could impact on the onset of menarche. Method GraphPad 5.01 was used to analyze data collected from 293 randomly selected female university students in a cross-sectional study using...

International Journal of Training and DevelopmentVolume 20, Issue 2 p. 105-106 Editorial Editorial: training and development in Africa Marie Afua Baah Bakah, Marie Afua Baah BakahSearch for more papers by this authorPaul Lewis, Corresponding Author Paul Lewis Independent human resource management consultant in the UK and is editor in chief of the IJTD IJTDpl@btinternet.com Search for more papers by this authorOitshepile MmaB Modise, Oitshepile MmaB ModiseSearch for more papers by this...

This article examines the perceptions of inclusive education in Lagos, Nigeria, based upon in-depth interviews conducted with students with visual impairments during the month of July 2013. The results and discussions are situated within critical disability theory. Despite decades of inclusive education policies, the findings of the study show that Nigerian students with disabilities continue to face a lack of instructional support and discriminatory attitudes. Often, students with...

Since 1980 when Zimbabwe obtained political independence, special education has not received the same priority as the entire education system. One of the manifestations of this discrepancy is the shortage of qualified special education teachers in the country. In order to address this trend and promote the development of special education, researchers have suggested the need for professional development in the area of special education. The purpose of this study was to identify the special...

This paper examines how the Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI) used training and development to build capacity for innovation in agricultural research following the country's civil war which ended in 2002. The Institute's training for innovation addressed different agricultural product value chains (APVCs) within the framework of the Integrated Agricultural Research for Development approach, which recognizes the need for collective action by involving a broad range of...